Bill Tracker

Creates a civil cause of action for a peace officer if the peace officer reports or discloses conduct that is in violation of, or the peace officer reasonably believes is in violation of, any law or policy and the report or disclosure is a contributing factor in the employer of the peace officer's decision to take adverse employment action against the peace officer. Additionally, creates an affirmative defense to the action if the peace officer's employer would have taken the action that forms the basis of the suit against the peace officer, based on a legitimate nonretaliatory basis.

Requires facilities with custody of persons committed, imprisoned, or arrested to allow certain incoming communications with attorneys, subject to all reasonable administrative and operational procedures and in the manner as determined by the facility administration.

Exempts a county from the requirement to operate a county jail if it has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with another county to operate a multijurisdictional county jail.

Requires a court to sentence an offender convicted of a class 4 felony sexual assault on a child or sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust to an indeterminate term of incarceration that can range from the presumptive range minimum of 2 years to a maximum of the offender's natural life. Also, requires a court to sentence an offender convicted of a class 3 felony sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust when the child is less than 15 years of age to an indeterminate term of incarceration that can range from the presumptive range minimum of 4 years to a maximum of the offender's natural life. Finally, prohibits a court from sentencing these types of offenders to probation.

Allows a political subdivision or an ambulance service providing ambulance services on behalf of the political subdivision to submit to the Division of Insurance the established rates for the ambulance services, if the rates meet specified conditions. Additionally, establishes reimbursement rates for ambulance services that are out of network.

Aligns sentencing and penalties for municipal offenses to state offenses, establishes that exceptions to livestreaming are case- and fact-specific, and prohibits courts from adopting blanket rules for any categories of cases or types of proceedings, and clarifies and sets additional requirements regarding court-appointed council in municipal court.

Allows a peace officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, emergency medical service provider, or other individual who responds to a public safety emergency to request that their address be kept confidential in voter registration records. 

Allows a court to issue a monetary bond for certain low-level offenses when a person fails to appear in court two to three times in the same case.

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale, or purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms, with certain exceptions, including for persons who have completed qualifying firearm-related courses.

Requires the Wildfire Information and Resource Center website to include hyperlinks to websites that display emergency information and wildfire updates for each county in Colorado and requires the Division of Fire Prevention and Control to coordinate with county governments in order to provide the hyperlinks.

Increases the number of district court judges and county court judges in numerous districts and counties. Additionally, the number of judges serving on the court of appeals. Finally, allows the district court judges assigned to Arapahoe county to maintain offices outside of the county seat.

Specifies requirements for issuing emergency alerts, including the requirement that alerts be made in predominant minority languages, beginning July 1, 2027. The existing 911 Services Enterprise may offer grants to counties and municipalities to offset their costs in complying with the new requirements.

Makes various changes regarding justice-involved youths, including to the Youthful Offender System, the juvenile competency process, presentence credits, and creates a new grant program to implement a mixed-delivery system of trauma-informed health and development deflection programs for youth.

Allows a police officer, local official, or local government employee to cooperate federal officials regarding the immigration status of a person within the state. Additionally, allows a peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a person is not legally present in the United States to report the person to the federal immigration and customs enforcement office. Finally, repeals the law that State and local governmental entities are barred from contracting with a private entity for immigration detention services or entering into agreements for immigration detention services.

Establishes the Building Urgent Infrastructure and Leveraging Dollars (BUILD) Authority and creates a public financing mechanism to fund the development, construction, repair, improvement, operation, maintenance, decommissioning, or ownership of infrastructure projects. Lists county courthouse construction projects as infrastructure projects eligible for BUILD financing and establishes a county official seat on the BUILD Authority Board.

Extends the deadline for a governing body to adopt local building codes based on those developed by the Wildfire Resiliency Board from three months to nine months after the Board adopts an initial set of statewide building codes and standards to reduce the wildfire risk to people and property by July 1, 2025. Additionally, authorizes the governing body adopting local codes to enforce those either in accord with the governing body’s rules and regulations, or through a cooperative agreement.

Adds political subdivisions to the list of entities prohibited from disclosing personal identifying information or requesting information related to an individual’s immigration status, unless required by federal or state law. Indicates that employees of a political subdivision are liable for up to $50,000 for violating this personal identifying information disclosure law.

Pursuant to the passage of Proposition 130, beginning on December 15, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Colorado Department of Public Safety is required to  distribute at least $15,000 from the Peace Officer Training and Support Fund to local law enforcement agencies, plus an amount subject to available appropriations and according to a formula calculated by the bill that identifies the total number of eligible peace officers who may receive additional funding. This additional funding cannot replace other funding that the law enforcement agency receives for another purpose. This additional funding may be used to recruit peace officers, provide initial and continuing education and training for peace officers, and compensate peace officers. Additionally, establishes a death benefit of $1 million to the surviving spouse, family member, or designee any first responder who died as a result of injuries or an occupational disease sustained while performing their job.